The United Nations does have contacts with Hamas and has warned the Hamas militants against firing rockets into southern Israel, a senior UN official said on Friday.
Robert Serry, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East peace proc…
The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana)
said on Thursday that it was "deeply disturbed by the NPP's attempt to stall the transition through legal action".
A statement signed to the GNA by Prof. Emmanuel Gyimah-Boadi, Exe…
Archbishop Nicholas Duncan Williams, Founder and
Overseer of the Christian Action Faith Ministries International, on Thursday appealed to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and New Patriotic Party (NPP) to accept the results of the pr…
Mr Kwasi Amoafo-Yeboah, Independent Candidate in December 7 Presidential Election, has called on Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Presidential Candidate, to concede victory to Professor John Evans Atta Mills of Nat…
Syria and Turkey warned on Wednesday against the "dangerous repercussions" of the continued Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip to the security and stability in the region, the official SANA news agency reported.
Syrian President Ba…
A short exchange of fire between Israeli special forces and Hamas militants was reported east of the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis on Wednesday night.
Witness and Palestinian sources said that the fighting had ended and there wa…
President John Agyekum Kufuor has appealed to supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to exercise restraint as the Electoral Commission (EC) and other relevant bodies were working to address t…
Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Electoral Commissioner, would at 1100 hours on Saturday declare the winner of the 2008 Presidential Election Runoff following the successful conduct of the Tain constituency elections on Friday.
Dr Afari-Gyan o…
New Patriotic Party (NPP) youths on Wednesday took to the streets of Kumasi to protest against 'the incompetence of their Leaders' that had brought them to the verge of losing power to National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Speaking to th…
China and Vietnam have completed the work of land border demarcation and erecting land border markers along the entire length of their land borders, according to a joint statement on Wednesday.
The joint statement was issued during t…
An Accra Fast Track High Court presided over by Mr Justice Edward Amoako Asante has asked New Patriotic Party (NPP) to redirect its request to stop the final declaration of the Presidential Election Runoff results.
The New Patriotic …
Two hospitals in the Tamale Metropolis recorded six births made up of five boys and a girl on New Year Day.
The Tamale Teaching Hospital recorded four births, three boys and a girl while the Tamale West Hospital recorded two.
M…
An Accra Fast Track High Court presided over by Mr Justice Edward Amoako Asante has asked New Patriotic Party (NPP) to redirect its request to stop the final declaration of the Presidential Election Runoff results.
The New Patriotic …
A number of New Patriotic Party (NPP) youths on Wednesday afternoon besieged the Electoral Commission (EC) offices in Accra to protest against the holding of the Presidential Election Runoff in the Tain Constituency on Friday.
They w…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, on Wednesday said peace talks with Israel were useless as long as they did not make progress.
He made the remarks during a pre-recorded video message broadcasted to show the Palestinian leader's s…
Israel on Wednesday cast off a French proposal for a temporary ceasefire in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, insisting on continuing the ongoing offensive in the devastated enclave.
Israel "did not launch the Gaza offensive only to end it…
US President George W. Bush had separate telephone talks with his Indian and Pakistani counterparts on Wednesday, and the three sides agreed to take measures to decrease tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad, the White House said.
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China-US relations have been making steady progress amid twists and turns since the start of 1979 when the two nations officially established diplomatic ties, thanks to concerted efforts by both sides.
The ever-improving relations be…
Jordan is ready to receive injured Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, which has been under Israel's intensive military offensives since Saturday, a senior official said on Wednesday.
Jordanian hospitals are fully ready to receive Gaza…
US President-elect Barack Obama and Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin seized the top two spots on CNN's list of top political news in 2008, which was released on Wednesday.
From a Junior Senator from Illinois to the ne…
The Guinean military junta's No. 2, Captain Mamadouba Toto Camara paid a brief visit to Bissau, the capital of neighbouring Guinea-Bissau, where he was received by President Joao Bernardo Vieira, information monitored in Dakar said on Wedn…
The year 2008 witnessed a significant rise of Poland's international position, which could be seen as a success of the Polish Government, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday.
"2008 was certainly the year of positive c…
Bangladeshi Prime Minister hopeful Sheikh Hasina said she would form government in the first week of January after her party's landslide victory in the 9th Parliament election held on Monday.
After an hour long meeting with President…
The Volta Region Branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Thursday said New Patriotic Party (NPP) Agents were not molested and that was they signed all the statements of results in the Region.
A statement Mr Francis Ganya…
An Accra Fast Track High Court presided over by
Mr Justice Edward Amoako Asante, on Thursday refused to grant a request by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to stop the declaration of the result of the presidential election.
The New Pa…
Members of National Democratic Congress (NDC) have invaded Tain District, moving from house to house to solicit the electorate for votes for their Presidential Candidate, Professor John Evans Atta Mills in Friday's Presidential Election Ru…
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday called for an immediate stop of the ongoing Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip that have killed some 369 Palestinians since Saturday.
President Mubarak made his call in a televised speec…
Tortured and struggling in daily violence after more than five years following the US-led invasion, Iraqis are yearning for security and social stability as the war-torn state is filled with deadly violence and sectarian strife that seem t…
Chairperson of the Commission for African Union (AU), Jean Ping, on Tuesday strongly condemned Saturday's attacks on the joint United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), describing it as a "cowardly and deliberate" act.
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Chairperson of the Commission for African Union (AU) Jean Ping on Tuesday urged the Somali stakeholders and in particular, the Transitional Federal Parliament, to take all necessary steps for the early appointment of a new president.
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Israeli warplanes on Tuesday evening carried out several air strikes against different targets in the Gaza Strip.
The latest two air strikes were against the compound of Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas' of…
A new Belgian Government was sworn in on Tuesday with Flemish Christian Democrat Herman van Rompuy as the Prime Minister.
Members of the new government, including 14 Ministers and seven state secretaries, took their oath before Belgi…
The United States on Tuesday reiterated its call for a "durable and sustainable" ceasefire between Israel and Hamas militants ruling the Gaza Strip.
"The ceasefire, in order to be productive, has to be maintained, "State Department S…
US President George W. Bush discussed by telephone with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Gaza crisis on Tuesday, the White House said.
"President Bush and the two Palestinian leaders discussed th…
The 29th annual summit of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) wrapped up in the Omani capital of Muscat late Tuesday, with six Gulf leaders approving the monetary union accord.
The accord still awaits for ratification of the member states…
Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev would pay an official visit to Egypt between January 17 and 20 at the invitation of his counterpart Ahmed Nazif, local BTA reported on Tuesday.
According to an announcement of the Government …
The Syrian people on Tuesday continued to stage mass demonstrations in various provinces for the third day to condemn Israel's "heinous aggression" on the Gaza Strip and show solidarity with the Palestinians.
According to the officia…
Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Tuesday denied a report that the Israeli defence establishment would recommend a 48-hour truce with Hamas.
"The report is not true. Our plan is to continue the Gaza operation," an IDF Spokeswoman told X…
Iran's Deputy Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mohammad Hosseini announced that his country was ready to grant scholarship to the Iraqi shoe-throwing journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi, the official IRNA news agency reported on Tues…
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has invited his counterparts from other European countries to meet in Paris on Tuesday to discuss how to promote a truce for the escalating conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian Islami…
The summit of Sanaa Gathering called on the UN Security Council on Tuesday to intervene immediately to stop the Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip.
Leaders of the Sanaa Gathering, which includes Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, …
As both a permanent member of the UN Security Council and the most prominent developing country in the world, China is well placed to help build a stable, prosperous and peaceful world, a US expert on international politics has said.
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The Egyptian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned an attack against Egypt's consulate in the Yemeni city of Aden, the state MENA news agency reported.
Egypt is "displeased with the attempt to break into its consulate" in Aden, Egypt…
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Tuesday said the mobilization of naval fleets in the Somali coast would complicate the situation in Somalia and the region as a whole.
"The mobilization of fleets would not solve the problem.... I…
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad underlined the necessity on Tuesday to halt the Israeli "massacres " of unarmed Palestinian people, the official SANA news agency reported.
President Assad made the remarks while meeting visiting US R…
The European Union Election Observation Mission Ghana is to deploy 26 observers to the Tain constituency in Brong-Ahafo Region to observe voting on January 2, 2009.
This was contained in a statement issued in Accra by Mathias Eick, Press…
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) on Wednesday commended the Electoral Commission for the matured manner in which it has handled the results of the December 28 Presidential Election Runoff.
"The matured manner in which the results were an…
There was spontaneous jubilation by supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Koforidua moments after Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), announced the result that put their candidate ahead in the…
Mr John Mahama, Vice Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress, on Wednesday
appealed to the people of Tain to remain calm and not be intimated by the presence of political parties and security personnel in the constitue…
Ho and Aflao townships came alive with spontaneous but short-lived jubilations following the announcement of the results of the Presidential Election Runoff on Wednesday, which failed to produce a winner.
The results saw Professor J…